Author: Mat Cult

Mat Cult works in marketing in the UK. He has an amazing wife and a wonderful four-year-old daughter. When not doing his job or being a husband/dad, he makes techno music and thinks about Twin Peaks. You can reach him on Twitter here: @MatGost

ARCHIVIST'S NOTE: The staff at 25 Years Later are delving deep into The Secret History of Twin Peaks, exploring the secrets and mysteries to be found within (and between) its mix of fact, fiction, history and mythology. Today, Mat Cult tackles the pages covering Nixon, Doug Milford, and Project Bluebook. When I read the Nixon-era, …

As we slowly come to terms with the end of The Return, wrestling with the meaning and emotional upheaval, it is hard to ignore the void that is left in the wake of this amazing TV show. Without new episodes to anticipate and digest, the rhythm of the week is all out of whack. We …

"In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain... three rabbits live with a fearful mystery" Rabbits is a dark and mysterious series of short films by David Lynch, featuring three performers wearing rabbit costumes and delivering disjointed dialogue punctuated by lengthy periods of silence. As you can probably tell, this is definitely at the …

This essay was inspired by a comment I saw on Reddit. I won't name names or link links, but the gist of it was this: "Stop using the term 'Red Room', there is no such place. It is the Black Lodge." The comment attracted several upvotes, indicating popular support for this opinion. I have to …

America is a fascinating place for a multitude of reasons. For artists and storytellers, one of the most interesting aspects of this diverse and contrasting country is that it has such a strong sense of identity and a powerful narrative about its position in the world. A key component of that fundamental American story is …

Fans of Lynch are already well aware of his story - it has been told in several forms already. The book-length interview Lynch on Lynch, compiled and edited by Chris Rodley enables readers to learn about the artist's life and works in his own words. The 2016 film The Art Life covers some of the …

Shall I tell you a story? About Johnny McGory? Shall I begin it? That's all that's in it. - Traditional Irish nursery rhyme When confronted with a mystery, the human mind reacts by trying to unravel it. This is what makes us so amazing. This drive to understand is the reason our ancestors told elaborate …

Every episode of The Return left my mind reeling under an electrical storm of ideas, connections and questions. That’s part of what made watching this new incarnation of Twin Peaks such a unique and compelling experience. Nothing else on TV does this. As I watched Part 11, in which the FBI agents visit Bill Hasting’s …

So, if you read my column last week, and you've watched the incredible, mystifying finale of The Return, then you'll know I basically aced my prediction. Yep. I got every detail absolutely correct. Well, okay, not every detail. In fact, not a single thing I predicted came to pass. But right up until the last …

If The Return has taught us one thing, it is that viewers' expectations and predictions are little more than play-dough to Lynch and Frost - material to be warped, inverted, exaggerated, mutated and flat-out ignored. I'm not complaining. The effect this has on the series is alchemical - giving us the solid gold television event …